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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the man in the black coat and white boots say to Sharpe?
(a) Vivar stole the strongbox from him.
(b) Sharpe will be hung.
(c) Sharpe knows where the strongbox is located.
(d) Sharpe is a liar.

2. What do the French do when they see Sharpe and his men?
(a) Wave a parley flag.
(b) Form into a cavalry square.
(c) Send a small advance party.
(d) Charge the British.

3. Who is killed when the French assault the farmhouse?
(a) Blackman.
(b) Williams.
(c) Parker.
(d) Logan.

4. What does Sharpe do to a cavalry horse that reaches him?
(a) Cuts its front leg in half.
(b) Strikes it in the mouth with his sword.
(c) Kicks it in the ribs.
(d) Pulls the rider off and mount it.

5. What do the British and Spanish troops do while traveling west?
(a) Fight the French.
(b) Have minor brawls between the British and the Spanish troops.
(c) Stay off the main roads.
(d) Form into a cohesive army.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who wakes Sharpe in the night in Chapter 6?

2. What does Murray say he will give Sharpe?

3. What does Vivar say the Spanish people need?

4. What does Sharpe do when Captain Murray is hit with a musket round?

5. Why is Sharpe worried about Louisa?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Sharp worry about with Louisa, what does she tell him and what is her response when he tells her about the strongbox?

2. What does Williams tell Harper about Sharpe and what does Sharpe tell Williams to do? What is Williams suggestion to Sharpe?

3. With whom does Sharpe dine the first night in the fortress and why do Vivar and Alzaga argue?

4. What does Vivar tell Sharpe about Vivar's troops?

5. What does Sharpe tell the Parkers when they see French cavalry coming and what does he do with his riflemen? Who does he see within the French forces?

6. What does Dunnet order the riflemen to do when the French are charging them and what is Sharpe's response?

7. What does Sharpe have his riflemen do when the French ambush them?

8. What do the British and Spanish find when they enter a village, what do they do and how do the troops feel?

9. Why do Sharpe's men begin to call out enthusiastically when the Parkers come in front of the assembly and what does Mrs. Parker explain to Sharpe?

10. Why does Sharpe withdraw his small force of riflemen he left in the woods?

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